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Man convicted of killing 2-year-old in 1991 found in Greece

An FBI manhunt that started in Nashua more than two decades ago has ends in Greece.

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Updated: 7:12 AM EDT May 10, 2013

Man convicted of killing 2-year-old in 1991 found in Greece

An FBI manhunt that started in Nashua more than two decades ago has ends in Greece.

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Updated: 7:12 AM EDT May 10, 2013

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WEBVTT OKAY. I'M SUZANNE ROANTREE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE FBI PLANS TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION TODAY ABOUT THE CAPTURE OF A MAN WHO DISAPPEARED FROM NASHUA MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS 2-YEAR-OLD STEPSON, JAMES CHARTIER. AGENTS SAY THEY TRACKED STEVE KAMBERIDIS TO GREECE. NOW THEY HAVE HIM IN CUSTODY. RAY BREWER JOINS US LIVE WHERE A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD LATER TODAY. GOOD MORNING, RAY. GOOD MORNING, SEAN. STEVE KAMBERIDIS HAD BEEN ON THE RUN FOR 22 YEARS. DETECTIVES NEVER STOPPED SEARCHING FOR THE MAN WHO WAS CONVICTED OF BRUTALLY BEATING HIS 2-YEAR-OLD STEPSON, JAMES CHARTIER, TO DEATH. WHEN STEVE KAMBERIDIS DISAPPEARED IN THE 1990'S, THERE WAS NO INTERNET OR SMARTPHONES TO HUNT HIM DOWN. HE WAS ON TRIAL FOR THE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER OF HIS 2-YEAR-OLD STEPSON. IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER OF 1989. KAMBERIDIS SAID IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. BUT AUTHORITIES BELIEVED OTHERWISE AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER. 1991, HE WENT ON TRIAL. KAMBERIDIS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE. BUT ON MAY 14, HE TOOK OFF. NEVER SHOWING UP FOR COURT. THE NEXT DAY THE JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. AFTER NOT APPEARING IN COURT, AN ALL-OUT MAN HUNT WAS LAUNCHED. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR INVESTIGATORS TO REALIZE HE HAD JUMPED BAIL AND HEADED TO GREECE WHERE HE HASN'T BEEN HEARD FROM UNTIL NOW. JAMES' MOTHER AND KAMBERIDIS' EX-WIFE TELLS NEWS 9 SHE WAS RELIEVED AND HAPPY HER SON'S KILLER HAS BEEN CAUGHT, BUT SHE'LL NEVER HAVE ANY CLOSURE. AGAIN THE FBI HAS SCHEDULED A PRESS CONFERENCE HERE 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON. AT THAT TIME, WE SHOULD LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING OVERSEAS, HOW THEY

Man convicted of killing 2-year-old in 1991 found in Greece

An FBI manhunt that started in Nashua more than two decades ago has ends in Greece.